#Short Stories Raymond Carver

- Love and Marriage
- Estranged couples
- Adultery
- Influence of Alcohol
- Male bonding during hunting trips
- …these were the main themes in this collection.
- 17 stories and I only lked 4! (23 %)
- There were a few stories about friendship
- …older couples during an evening playing bingo
- …and a confessional conversation between a father and son.
- #HugeDisappointment
- I recommend Carver’s collection Cathedral (1983)
- that was a great series of short stories!
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I read a few of Raymond Carver’s short stories in Short Cuts, and gave up on them. Just not my type of story. If I see a copy of Cathedral, I may give that a try.
Good to hear from you, Tracy! I have quite a few short story collections in my bookcase and have to get some read this year. Usually Carver is my “go-to-guy” for a good story but not every tale is a ‘home-run”. I find the Irishman W. Trevor and John Updike to be at times….better!
I’ll pop over to your blog to see what books you have on your list this year!